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CS/SB 440: Gender Identity Employment Practices

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; McClain

Gender Identity Employment Practices; Citing this act as the "Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act"; specifying an employment policy of this state relating to a person’s sex; prohibiting employees and contractors of certain employers from being required to use certain pronouns or requiring such employer to use a pronoun that does not correspond to the employee’s or contractor’s sex; providing that it is an unlawful employment practice for the state or any county, municipality, special district, or other political subdivision to require certain training, instruction, or activity as a condition of employment, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
 Last Action: 3/26/2025 Senate - CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Judiciary (JU)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/28/2025 Senate • Filed
    3/7/2025 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Fiscal Policy
    3/10/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/13/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/18/25, 3:30 pm, 110 Senate Building --Not Considered
    3/20/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/25/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    3/25/2025 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
    3/26/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Judiciary
    • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time

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  • CS/SB 440, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/26/2025 at 11:02 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1495 Gender Identity Employment Practices Plakon Similar Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.1051 Page 2 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 4 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 4 (pdf)

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  • SB 440, Original Filed Version Posted 2/28/2025 at 3:24 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 3/17/2025 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 3/26/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1495 Gender Identity Employment Practices Plakon Similar Last Action: 3/5/2025 H Now in Government Operations Subcommittee Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    693704 - Amendment
    Delete lines 92 - 117 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (McClain)     		3/17/2025
    3:18 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/25/2025     		Web Page
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    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/25/2025 1:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 5 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    110.1051 Page 1 (pdf)
    760.10 Unlawful employment practices. Page 4 (pdf)
    760.11 Administrative and civil remedies; construction. Page 5 (pdf)

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